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Neoliberalism and the Mail

The conservative / neoliberal attack on public sector enterprises, namely the United States Postal Service, has worked so well that now I, a leftie, am hating the US Postal Service. They are clearly understaffed and so I see mail carriers trying to deliver the goods as late as 8 p.m. God bless them. But when I want a package delivered on time — or delivered at all (first world problem) — they are no where to be found And if during a lull time I get through to customer service in under 20 minutes, I get a non-answer. And so, personally, I’ll go with a privatized mail service (FedEx or UPS) but they, UPS at least, are notorious for treating their workers horribly. My US postal worker gets treated well, but if Congress won’t back this public service then we all fail. Quandary.